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    Home » RECIPES » Side Dishes

    Wheat-free, Egg-free Fried Rice Recipe

    Published: Feb 7, 2010 / Modified: Jun 2, 2020 by: Karen Lee / This post may contain affiliate links. As Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. /

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    Ham and various vegetable egg free fried rice wheat free soy sauce in blue white bowlOne of our favorite scrape-off-the-left-over-upcycled foods is Fried Rice.

    I used to have a bag of frozen shrimp and frozen green peas in the freezer for just in case I had one of those, "there's nothing to cook", days. Well, I had one of those days yesterday.

    But since we can't have soy sauce (wheat) or shrimp (shell-fish), I had to improvise. And improvising in the kitchen is what I'm all about. (Just in case, you are joining this blog for the first time, read my post about my elimination diet here and here due to Eczema).

    I cooked up this delicious, wheat-free (no soy sauce), egg-free (didn't put any), shell-fish free (no shrimp in this baby!)

    But first, I have to show you my mother's Christmas present. Yes, this was my mom's present to us. Isn't she fab?

    Rice CookerIt is The Mercedes of all rice cookers. It is also a pressure cooker, steamer, and soup maker. Of course, I don't cook anything in it other than rice but it can do all of those things. And it talks to me in Korean. Yup. It also sings to me when the rice is done. It is every chef's dream. I usually make 75% brown rice and 25% white rice mixed.

    Anyway, you don't need this fancy rice cooker to make fried rice but it helps to have rice available at all times.....just in case you have one of those, "I don't know what to cook for dinner...." moments.

    So here is the recipe that I improvised today to feed my hungry family for lunch yesterday. These are the ingredients I had in the fridge but you can use whatever you like. That's the beauty of Fried Rice. Use up whatever you've got hanging around. Every recycling/repurposing mom's dream meal.

    WHEAT-FREE, EGG-FREE FRIED RICE RECIPE

    Sorry about the reddish hue to the pictures. I have an incandescent (Yikes! I know) lighting over the stove and can't adjust the color.
    sautéing vegetables in stainless steel woksautéing ham with vegetables Fried Rice with Black Sesame Seedssautéing Wheat-free and Egg-free Fried RiceWheat Free Egg Free Fried Rice in blue white bowlStainless Steel Chopsticks

    No soy sauce, no eggs, no shrimp, and can be vegan if you leave out the meat. Don't you think this will make a healthy Super Bowl Sunday dinner? I love one bowl meals...especially if you are scraping leftovers to make it. 🙂

    **I have replaced ALL my bamboo chopsticks with these stainless steel ones two years ago, as per, who else? My Mom. Bamboo chopsticks are bleached with chemicals too numerous to mention here. So refuse all those bamboo chopsticks when you do Chinese Takeouts! Aren't these pretty? You can find all types on Amazon. (Affiliate Link)

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    Wheat-free, Egg-free Fried Rice Recipe

    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time20 minutes mins
    Course : Entree
    Cuisine : Asian
    Keyword : Asian Paleo
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 317kcal
    Author: Karen Lee

    Ingredients

    • ¼ C of chopped onion
    • 2 cloves garlic crushed or roughly chopped
    • ¼ large carrot or 1 whole small diced
    • ¼ C red pepper or yellow or green - it doesn't matter. Use whatever you have. diced
    • ½ C chopped ham optional
    • 4 scallions chopped. Reserve ½ for topping
    • ¼ C green peas
    • 4 C of cooked rice brown or white. Leftover rice from the Chinese restaurant will do fine.
    • ¼ C olive oil or more divided in half. Yup that much.
    • 2 tablespoon sesame oil
    • 2 tablespoon of black sesame seeds or white sesame black ones are more nutritious and I like the color in foods
    • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
    • ¼ chopped cilantro
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Heat half of ¼ C of olive oil in a wok or a large skillet in high heat.
    • Saute onions and garlic until onions are transparent. Add carrots and saute for about one minute. Add the pepper.
    • I had some leftover ham from last week (uncured - no nitrates) so I added about ¼ cup but you can skip the ham if you want vegetarian. Actually, this would be considered vegan since, without the ham, it would only have plant-based ingredients. 
    • Add scallions and peas and mix gently.
    • Add sesame oil and sesame seeds.
    • Add rice. This is a tricky part since rice can get a little sticky. Use a large spatula and fold in the rice while fluffing through the ingredients. Lift the wok or the skillet off the flame if it starts to stick to the bottom. Drizzle some more olive oil while adding the rice to prevent from sticking.
    • Since I added ham, I didn't add salt but you can add salt to taste at this point.
    • Add cilantro and the reserved scallions and take the wok off the flame. Stir in cilantro and scallions.
    • Serve with hot green tea or black tea.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 531mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 745IU | Vitamin C: 12.8mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg
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    2. Erica says

      February 10, 2010 at 1:15 pm

      This sounds great (minus ham for me). Its very similiar to the fried rice I make. I always seem to make too much rice (maybe on purpose) so I use leftover rice for my dish. I also add lemongrass (I grow it myself, it's great!) and a spot of Bragg's Liquid Amino's (wheat free soy sauce-it's super concentrated so I don't use very much).

      Also, how long have they been bleaching the bamboo? I have bamboo chopsticks but they've been in the family for decades (that just made me feel really old lol). Bamboo is such a material, I hate the idea that they'd ruin them like that!

      • Karen says

        February 10, 2010 at 5:39 pm

        I think they've been bleaching as long as they've been making bamboo chopsticks, sorry to say. Someone else recommended Bragg's. Does that taste like soy sauce? I use Tamari in some things but not in Fried Rice. It's not really necessary. You can use it add taste but not to be used in place of salt. It gets too soggy.

    3. Becky says

      February 07, 2010 at 1:08 pm

      This looks so nice! Fried rice is one of my favorite leftovers dishes, too! We never eat all the rice when we order Chinese delivery. We use tofu instead of the meat, and it works really nicely!

      • Karen says

        February 10, 2010 at 5:30 pm

        Tofu works very nicely too. Just make sure you use extra firm tofu. You can always freeze left over rice to use for fried rice. I've done that too.

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